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- Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by…
- The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
- God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.
- When God's people are removed from this earth, you might as well try to dam up Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stem the flood…
- No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing.
- I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed…
- Blessed is that Christian who can accept at the start by simple faith that which others reach only through years of questioning and reach it…
- Beware of being a religious poseur, trying to live up to a dramatized version of yourself.
- The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong